*OFFICIAL* M15x Owners Lounge - Part 5 (see post #1 for links)

Just wanted to drop by and say thanks - I was able to upgrade the stock 260M to the 5870M with help from these forums. (Anyone who's done the A01 VBIOS to A00 VBIOS will understand)

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If you mean the corrupt colors from using the wrong vbios for that particular card as it was never offered with the M15x. I definitely remember that. Still have my files from back then. How is the 5870M kicking nowadays?

I'm new to the forum but I've been reading lots of threads about the M15x since I was planning on getting myself one even though it's 2018 now.. (Happy New Year everyone, btw)

I see this thread is kinda dead but maybe someone will reply

So, I bought a used M15x off eBay and it arrived today!

The laptop itself came with these specs and I plan to upgrade it as following;

CPU 720QM -> 920XM or 940XM

GPU Unknown -> HD7970/HD8970 or 860M/870M/965M/970M or FirePro M6100 ( Seller said he swapped the GPU and that the laptop stopped working. Need to swap this to see if the GPU is even the reason it's not booting. I read that if the GPU is dead it could cause the laptop to not boot anymore so I should be able to fix it with swapping the GPU. Also, I have a spare brand new M15x motherboard lying around may it be a more complicated problem I can't fix. )

I'm new to the forum but I've been reading lots of threads about the M15x since I was planning on getting myself one even though it's 2018 now.. (Happy New Year everyone, btw)

I see this thread is kinda dead but maybe someone will reply

So, I bought a used M15x off eBay and it arrived today!

The laptop itself came with these specs and I plan to upgrade it as following;

CPU 720QM -> 920XM or 940XM

GPU Unknown -> HD7970/HD8970 or 860M/870M/965M/970M or FirePro M6100 ( Seller said he swapped the GPU and that the laptop stopped working. Need to swap this to see if the GPU is even the reason it's not booting. I read that if the GPU is dead it could cause the laptop to not boot anymore so I should be able to fix it with swapping the GPU. Also, I have a spare brand new M15x motherboard lying around may it be a more complicated problem I can't fix. )

It looks to be in overall good shape and I plan on upgrading the parts somewhere next month. Right now I can't tell much else about it since it won't boot at all.

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the 9-cell battery in your link is for the older machine, not the m15x though and IMO getting a caddy bay is much more useful than the bluray optical drive (unless you want to watch bluray videos and installing games using bluray discs)